Railway-tie



(No Model.)

D. H. SOUTHWARD. RAILWAY TIE.

No. 453,721 Patented June 9,1891.

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Dr {ID HOWARD SO UTI-HV ARD, OF CORAOPGLIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Be known that 1, DAVID HOWARD SOUTH- WARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at (loraopolis, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and-exact description or" the invention, such as Wili enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accor ,.inying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved rail way-rail tie to prevent spreading; and consists in certain details of constructiomas will be fully described hereinafter.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end sectional elevation of a railway-track having my improved tie attached thereto.-

2 is a plan view of one of the sections of the same.

To putmy invention into practice I provide two castings a, having each an enlargement 1), formed on their outer extremities, the inner contourof which corresponds to the outer contour of the rails 0. These two sec tions to are coupled and held together by means of a sleeve-nut cl, having right and left hand threads formed therein, which engage with similar threads formed on the inner extremities ol the sections a. Attache-1: to each of these sections a, by means of: suitable bolts f, are two castings e, which fit closely against the rails c and confine the same therein.

In operation. the sections a are connected togcth r beneath the rails c by means of the threaded sleeve-nut d, and the said nut d operates to confine the rails to the exact gage or tread. The inner brackets e are secured to the bolts f, thus making a rigid coupling and render the spreading of the rails 0 impossible.

Having thus described my invention 1 clairn- 1. A railway-tie comprising the bars provided at their outer ends with the intmral against the outer faces of the rails, an adjustable coupling connecting said bars, and plates or castings fixed to said bars and. bearing against the inner surfaces of the rails, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a railwaytie, the combination of the bars provided at their outer ends with integralupwardlyeprojecting castings, the inner faces of which are curved to conform to the rail against which they bear, an adustable coupling connecting the inner ends of said bars, and the plates or castings detachably secured to said bars and bearing against the inner surfaces of the rails, substan tialiy as shown and described, for the purposes specified.

3. In a railway-tie, the combination of the bars provided at their outer ends with uping a slot formed in one of their faces near the base thereof, and in which one side of the base of the rail is adapted to fit, the upper port-ions of said projections being recessed to partially receive the head of the rail, an adjustable coupling uniting said bars, and the castings bolted on said bars and bearing against the inner side of the rail between the base and head thereof, substantially as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto aflix my signature this 22d day of September, A. D. 1890.

M. E. HARRISON, J. A. Harmon.

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